Investigative interviews represent a considerable portion of an investigator's work. When they are well conducted, these interviews can help solve many criminal matters. But to conduct proper investigative interviews, certain rules and methods must be followed. Written by 16 researchers and practitioners who have studied and shaped investigative interviewing practices, Investigative Interviewing The Essentials contains the most recent findings in the field.

The publication contains chapters that cover the following topics:

• Rapport in investigative interviews
• Interviewing witnesses and victims
• Interviewing children
• Eyewitness memory and mistaken identifications
• False memory
• Interviewing suspects
• Mental vulnerabilities and false confessions
• Myths and opportunities in verbal and nonverbal lie detection
• Training in investigative interviewing: observations and challenges